Emil Lukas

  • Works

    Bubble Series | Small

    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1675 Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1675 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1676 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1676 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1678- XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1678 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event (Bubble) 1679 - XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1679 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event (Bubble) 1683 - XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1683 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event (Bubble) 1684 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1684 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event (Bubble) 1685 - XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1685 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1695 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1695 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 16797 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1697 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1699 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1699 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1702 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1702 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1703 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1703 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1704 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1704 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1706 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1706 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1707 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1707 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1708 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1708 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1711 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1711 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1712 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1712 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1714 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1714 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1715 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1715 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1720 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1720 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1721 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1721 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1727 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1727 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1728 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1728 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1729 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1729 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1732 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1732 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1733 XV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1733 - XV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1737 XH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1737 - XH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1738 SV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1738 - SV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1743 SH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1743 - SH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1744 SH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1744 - SH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1747 SV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1747 - SV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1748 SH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1748 - SH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1755 SH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1755 - SH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1756 SV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1756 - SV, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1759SH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1759 - SH , 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1760 SH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1760 - SH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1766SH Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1766 - SH, 2019
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Bubble 1915SV Mono Print
      Double Event (Bubble) 1915 - SV, 2019

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  • Biography
    View works. Emil Lukas examining a screen for print edition
    Emil Lukas
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    B. 1964, PITTSBURGH, PA

    Focused on process and perception, Emil Lukas has developed several distinctive approaches to abstraction, often incorporating everyday, industrial, or otherwise unconventional materials into his paintings, sculptures, and prints. His practice ranges from “thread paintings” consisting solely of taut string wrapped around nails on a wooden frame, to enlisting fly larva to aid in the creation of otherworldly lines across surfaces. Uniting these explorations is a fascination with the acts of looking and questioning how we fundamentally see the world.  

     

    Lukas began collaborating with Durham Press in the early 2000s. Utilizing screenprint, intaglio, and relief, he and Jean-Paul Russell developed new processes to put a twist on his signature languages and give them new life in the form of etchings, screenprints, monotypes and more. 

     

    Lukas is represented by Sperone Westwater, New York; Studio la Città, Verona, Italy; and Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco. In addition to numerous solo shows at these venues, as well as other commercial galleries—including —his work has been the focus of individual presentations at institutions such as the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina (2005); Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2005); Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh; and Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (2016).

     

    Lukas’s work is represented in prominent public and private collections, including those of the Baltimore Museum of Art; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Dakis Joannou Collection, Greece; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Panza Collection, Italy; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the UBS Art Collection.